Ever since he was pulled out, Mirage Haiping never wanted to feel the dizzy feeling of lack of oxygen. The reason why he could feel the breath of the sea was probably because he recalled the feeling of rocking on the boat...
His office was set up in a relatively empty large cave, surrounded by various supplies: mostly useless wood and a small amount of ammunition.
There is really no food left, and there is not much precious water left. The good news is that there are still some creeks and groundwater in the area they control. The bad news is that they have tens of thousands of people who need drinking water.
If the orcs were more desperate, they could poison some creeks to disgust these goblin lunatics who refused to surrender.
Mirage Haiping raised his head from the desk made of wooden boxes and covers. He was used to the noisy environment. He frowned and noticed the smell of barbecue in the air.
This made him sniffle uncontrollably, and his stomach began to rumble involuntarily. He looked at the place where the aroma came from and found a group of wounded soldiers being helped into the cave by various hands and feet.
The lights in the cave are actually not too commanding, after all, the generator also consumes fuel. However, because it was used as a temporary headquarters and needed a radio and telephone, the place still had the luxury of using a generator.
"Medic! There are wounded here! There are wounded here." Several officers called anxiously, their voices echoing in the cave, which seemed a bit harsh.
As the commander-in-chief here, Mirage Haiping was a little dissatisfied with the noise: he didn't think there were any important sick and wounded patients who needed to be carried to the headquarters for treatment.
But soon he knew the reason. His temporary adjutant ran up to him and explained anxiously: "General, there is really no room, so we can only put people here first."
"A field hospital on the front line was lost, and two outer fire points were burned by incendiary bombs. There is no place to place the wounded..." As he said, he saw a soldier with dull eyes passing by. Mirage Haiping's side.
The burn marks on the left side of the soldier's face made him look a little ferocious, like a monster. He was so frightened that Mirage Haiping didn't even think about the fact that the other party didn't salute when he passed by.
The other party was indeed in no mood to salute. The wounds on his face smelled like burnt food. The arms of the people following him were burned black... These wounded people looked numb, and everything around them seemed to be unimportant to them. .
After experiencing the hell-like flames, these mirage soldiers no longer had the ability to fight, and even lost the courage to take up arms.
"Put it, put it here." Mirage Haiping finally gave in and turned sideways to let the two soldiers place the wounded on several wooden boxes next to his position.
In normal garrison caves, there are bunk beds for soldiers to rest, but there are not many of these places left now.
The orc troops attacked and captured many similar garrison points. At the same time, bombing also destroyed some of them, leaving the goblins unable to use these places to place the wounded.
Because similar garrison areas are set up relatively outside the cave, this design can save ventilation costs and also facilitate soldiers to enter the combat area.
Now they want to give priority to soldiers with combat effectiveness, so the caves that are still intact are given priority to the combat troops, and the wounded can only be crowded in the warehouse.
A medical soldier ran over and checked the wounded on the ground. These people didn't even have a decent bed, so they could only lie on the ground and let the dust on it infect their wounds.
They screamed one after another, causing the entire warehouse to become chaotic. Mirage Haiping could not continue working, so he grabbed some documents and walked out.
The admiral really couldn't stand such an unventilated environment. You must know that when he first boarded the ironclad ship sold by Datang Group, he felt that the ventilation conditions in the cabin were much better than the environment in front of him.
Later, all battleships were equipped with air coolers and heaters. This was set up to ensure the normal operation of the battleship's power system, and the personnel just took advantage of it. But that kind of constant comfortable temperature is still missed by Mirage Haiping.
Alas... everything has become a thing of the past: the navy's fleet has all submerged into the bottom of the sea, and those giant ships that once made the people of Mirage proud are now gone.
As he walked, he came to a road sign with a 200mm heavy artillery emplacement hanging above it. Without thinking much, he continued walking forward and walked to the side of the 200mm heavy cannon.
The artillerymen stationed here are cleaning up the fallen gravel. The recent artillery strike landed nearby, causing some stones to fall here. Although the artillery was not damaged, it affected the rail track under the artillery.
In order to be concealed, this artillery must be retracted into the mountain when not in use. Its design is very clever and makes good use of a cave near the top of the mountain.
This natural cave was reinforced with cement, and most of the entrance was sealed with sandbags, leaving only a gun window for extending the gun barrel and firing. The outside is also reinforced with soil and planted with vegetation, so it cannot be seen from the outside.
In order to be concealed, this important artillery only fires when it is almost nightfall, so as to cover up the muzzle fire and try not to reveal its position.
Now, the place is obviously resting, the gunners are clearing the rubble, and some guards saw Mirage Haiping walking in, and immediately got out of the way, standing at attention and saluting.
Mirage Haiping nodded to these soldiers, found a position near the gun window, sat on an empty ammunition box, and read the forms with the natural sunlight coming in from the gun window.
It has to be said that this kind of table is also an imported product spread from the Datang Group. It is much more convenient and intuitive than the statistical documents used by Mirage in the past.
From whichever direction you look at it, the Tang Kingdom seems to be so perfect and so charming that many people desire it and even forget how powerful and dangerous it is.
The data in the table was not optimistic. Haiping found that except for some more cans, all his supplies were decreasing.
These dozens of cans of various kinds were brought down by a bomber from the Tang Empire, and there was also a document persuading them to surrender.
The subordinates picked up these air-dropped cans and brought back the document: from this detail, it can be seen that subconsciously in the hearts of these subordinates, they actually no longer want to fight.
If they really wanted to continue fighting, they should have thrown away the document while bringing back the can. At least, they won’t be brought back in such good condition...
Sighing, Mirage Haiping continued to look down. His cannonballs were starting to run out, but he still had some bullets left, which were less than expected.
The main reason why such a problem occurs is that the number of direct attacks by the orc troops on the goblin front lines is decreasing. The two sides are more engaged in continuous artillery battles, and there are also unilateral bombings by the orcs.
There is no local infantry fighting, so the consumption of bullets is relatively slow, and the consumption of artillery shells is more than estimated.
Of course, it's not much more. Mirage Haiping has ordered to reduce artillery counterattacks as much as possible and save artillery shells to maintain reserves.
However, he recently lifted this ban because no matter how much ammunition is left, he will not be able to continue fighting when he runs out of food. Therefore, he could only use the remaining amount of grain as a parameter to estimate and estimate the corresponding ammunition reserves.
As for the extra shells, use them up! Anyway, Mirage Haiping has made up his mind and must fight to the end, every soldier and every bullet! In this way, he could repay the Mirage Emperor for his kindness in knowing him and extend a short period of life for the Mirage Kingdom.
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The second update will be later, please watch it tomorrow morning.
